WSJ: Advocates Push for Better Mental-Health Care for Asian New Yorkers

They laud ThriveNYC program for raising awareness, but say it lacks programs meeting unique cultural needs of city’s Asians.

 

The case last month of an allegedly mentally-ill Asian woman charged with stabbing several people has highlighted what advocates say is a troubling insufficiency in mental health care services for New York City’s growing Asian population.

The system is hampered by a shortage of culturally fluent providers, wait times that can stretch to weeks and a lack of adequate governmental funding, the advocates say.

Jo-Ann Yoo, executive director of the Asian American Federation, a New York-based nonprofit, said local organizations offering mental-health services to Asian New Yorkers are overwhelmed by demand.

 

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